News
December 2018
The spirit of international collaboration continues to thrive at the City University of Hong Kong (CityU), a fact that was highlighted last month during an important conference honoring the 80th birthday of Professor Philippe G. Ciarlet, a senior fellow with the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) at CityU. He has devoted himself to connecting its students and faculty with some of France’s greatest minds.
From mathematics and quantum physics to chemistry, six world-renowned scholars, members or foreign members of the French Academy of Sciences, gathered at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) to discuss blue sky science development in their fields. The event, initiated by CityU’s Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), was held to celebrate productive scientific cooperation between France and Hong Kong.
A research team led by CityU HKIAS Senior Fellow Professor Liu Chain-tsuan has worked out a novel strategy for developing new super alloys that are extremely strong, yet ductile and flexible. The breakthrough solution addresses a daunting, decades-long dilemma in materials science.
香港城市大学香港高等研究院资深院士刘锦川教授领导的一支研究团队研发了全新的策略，可制造出高强度高韧性的新型合金。该项研究为一个困扰了材料科学界数十年的难题找到全新的解决方法，带来突破性进展。
香港城市大學香港高等研究院資深院士劉錦川教授領導的一支研究團隊研發了全新的策略，可製造出高強度高韌性的新型合金。該項研究為一個困擾了材料科學界數十年的難題找到全新的解決方法，帶來突破性進展。
Professor Shie-Ming Peng, a renowned pioneer in molecular wire synthetic chemistry, delivered a distinguished lecture titled “From Homonuclear Metal String Complexes to Heteronuclear Metal String Complexes” for the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) on 30 November 2018.
November 2018
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) conferred honorary doctorates on four distinguished persons including IAS Senior Fellow Professor Alain Aspect in recognition of their significant contributions to education and the well-being of society.